Find An Audition Coach Los Angeles Based Actors Use

By Leslie Ball


The audition is the key moment in every acting career. It is the only moment directors, casting directors and producers get to see an actor. Those few moments are crucial. Make the best of it by finding an audition coach Los Angeles actors trust and use with success.

First, understanding how audition and acting coaches differ is an important distinction. Acting professors show actors the ropes. Among the several disciplines, certain ideas and actions help an actor make a role more real, more truthful and very human. But the professional sought here shows the actor how to catch the eye of those in charge. Audition coaches need to have acted, directed and taught in their lives. From this background, all an actor has done is included, and is fleshed out to make that one appearance shine.

The most important thing an audition coach can have is reputation. Find out what it is by scouring the internet and find websites with testimonials and commentary. Look for fluffy writing and disregard that, but read for good analysis and depth comments. Find someone who has evidence of results.

In those results, find the person who has references in the industry. If this is for theatre, for example, look for someone who has worked in it. If someone isn't putting their resume up online, it might be best to skip them and look elsewhere. Look for names of theatres, production companies, production names and people known in that world. References are everything.

Handle this just like a manager hiring for a new position. Look for names and call them. Ask if the person has worked there, what they did and how it went. People are happy to give general information about people and will usually only shy away if there was a bad experience.

Talk to fellow actors and people who have gotten jobs. Find out who they used. Ask about success stories, as well as failures, and be keen to listen for the actor's foibles as well as the coach's. There are some people who can't be coached into a role, regardless of how good the coach is.

Go back to acting school. Not for more lessons, but for references. Ask around and talk to teachers and professors. They will know people who do this. Talk to former directors, old colleagues and other crew from past productions. They will have information as well.

Lastly, make certain to do a good interview. Learn which discipline they use for acting, whether it be Method, Stanislavski, Meisner or any of the other acting schools out there. Be sure to pick someone whose background is the same. Ask for real, honest assessment and then stand back. If there is a little pressure, it may be hard, but very useful information.

Acting coaches and audition coaches do two different things. Learn the differences. Then, secure the audition coach Los Angeles performers have used to secure genuine roles. Due diligence will yield the correct professional.




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